gafas

gafas

1. second-person singular present indicative of gafar

gafas

1. feminine plural of gafo

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡafas/ [ˈɡa.fas]

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• Rhymes: -afas
• Syllabification: ga‧fas

Unknown. Maybe related to French faire gaffe (“pay attention”), or German gaffen (“to stare”).

Possibly related to the Andalusian Arab scholar of the 12th century Muhammad ibn Aslam Al-Ghafiqi, an ophthalmologist. Eyeglasses “gafas” were named after him. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

gafas f pl (plural only)

1. eyeglasses

   Synonym: lentes

2. sunglasses

   Synonym: lentes de sol

gafas f pl

1. plural of gafa

gafas

1. second-person singular present indicative of gafar

• “gafas”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡavas/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːvas/, /ˈɡavas/

gafas

1. soft mutation of cafas